Saturday, June 19, 2010

Cleanse Really Works!

So it looks like the GM cleanse works pretty well....I didn't lose as many pounds the diet suggests you will but then again I only did it until the morning of day 6 since I went to Vegas that day :)
If you decide to do the diet I would recommend not using the french onion packets it gives the soup a very distinct taste that gets weird after a while.  I ended up diluting the soup with vegetable soup broth.
The first 3 days I had intense cravings where I would kill people to eat a doughnut or a taco, but by day 4 I didn't really have cravings or feel very hungry.
I definitely noticed a difference in the tightness around my mid-section and I liked that I wasn't eating as much as I usually do.  I think the thing about the cleanse is it makes you realize the things that you really enjoy eating and how much you will miss them.  I don't normally crave sweets but I guess when you aren't having an iced mocha everyday that longing will come up.  I also realized how much I used to eat bread and cheese, big no no's I guess since they're both processed and full of carb goodness.
When it says absolutely no alcohol on the cleanse (except for the last day) I totally know why.  On day 6 the morning before leaving for Vegas I had some watermelon and then a grilled cheese at the airport ( I know cheating but I basically was done with the cleanse if I was leaving for Vegas).
Get on the plane and Rosalie pops out these free drink tickets BAD NEWS.  I had one shot and I felt AWFUL on the plane I turned completely red (even after taking Pepcid) and felt nauseous.  I had to take a nap before I felt better and then I had a nasty headache for the rest of the day.  So I might do the cleanse a week BEFORE I go to Vegas next time.  Other than that first reaction drinking on the trip was totally fine I didn't have any of the same symptoms for the remainder of our time.  Here's the results you can be the judge of whether it worked or not or if you want to try it:


Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Goodbye Hawaii Hello Vegas

So the Tom Tom definitely did not work out as hoped in Hawaii citing delicious food places that were not there when we followed the map.  I was also very disappointed to find how difficult it was to use the Tom Tom it was much more confusing then using the Garmin for ex: we couldn't figure out how to see the future areas of the trip without panning out to see the whole trip from an aerial view so we had no idea if we were going to be on certain highways, roads, etc,  So goodbye to Tom Tom as well.
Hawaii was extremely fun and relaxing filled with days of gorging on pork, rice and mac salad but no vegetables :(
Thus I have become quite robust and encouraged to try the General Motors cleanse recommended by Marisal: http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/%7Ejajoo/gmdiet.html
All this work to get retoxed in Vegas and to fit into these stupid things: